Filing cabinet



Dec. 6, 1927.

C. F. M BEE FILING CABINET Filed June 23. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I I i i l E i 5 M m M F Mm R M C A TTORNEYS Dec. 6, 1927.

c. F. mass "FILING CABINET Filed June 23. 1922 Q) EVER I INVENTOR A TTORNEYS single unit;

drawn atentees. 6, 19237 CHARLES E. MOBEE, OF ATHENS, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE MOBEE BINDER COMP H i OF ATHENS, OHIO.

VEILING Application filed June 28,

My invention relates to filing cabinets, especially of the unit type, and has for its object to produce a unit complete in itself and adapted for individual use and at the same time to be susceptible of being oined with any number of other like units, thus making it possible to form a filing cabinet comprised of a multiplicity of'units which may be arranged in any desired shape which will conform to the shape of the unit s. O

My invention conslsts of certain deta ls of construction hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanylng drawings in which Fig. 1 shows a Fig. 2 shows a side elevation view of the same, the dotted lines indlc'ating the position of the drawer when partially with-. b

' In joining units end to end an orificed Fig. 3 shows a transverse sectional view of a single unit;

Fig. 4 shows an inverted plan view of one of the drawers];

Fig. 5 shows a rear end view of a unit;

Fig. 6 shows a plan view of the same; Fig. 7 shows a detailed view of the connecting plate 23 which I employ;

Fig. "8 shows a front elevation view 9f several units joined together;

Fig. 9 shows a side elevation of the same, one of the drawers being withdrawn and suspended from its hanger, and a part of the back walls of mating units being broken away to show the manner of joining them end to end.

Referring to the accompanying draw ngs, the reference, numeral 10 is used to indicate the base of the enclosing box ofa single unit which receives the filing drawer. 11 indicates the top of this box, 12 and 13 the sides thereof and 14 the enclosing side for one of the ends. This box is rectangular in cross section and the front end thereof is completely open.

The numeral 15 indicates a cylindrical rod or bar which extends laterally across the for-' ward opening of the box and is positioned a short distance in front of the same and below the plane of the drawer which is to be inserted in the box, said rod being secured to the end walls of the box in any desired manner.

be constructed in such a manner as to.

front elevation view of a- 1922. am no. 570,485.

other. Through these registering orifices l I place a bolt 20 and a nut 21 engages the ends of the bolt, and when this nut is tightened on the bolt the adjacent units will be secure- 1y tightened to each other, end to end, or top to bottom, as the case may be.

In addition to these orifices I have provided in the end wall ofeach box a slot 22, the top of which is on a plane with the lower surface of the top of the box. These slots are centered with the orifice in the top of the box hereinbefore referred to.

plate 23 passes through the registering slots in the end walls of the adjacent boxes, and orifices in the plate 23 are in proper alignment to register with the orifices in the top of their respective boxes. Bolts 24 are then inserted through the top of the box and through the plate, for each of the adjoining boxes, and-nuts are fastened to the said bolts thereby rigidly joining, end 'to end, the adj acent units. a

In addition to the orifice hereinbefore referred to as being placed in the bottom of the box, I have also made a plurality of other circular orifices 25 with narrow slots 26 extending laterally each way therefrom.

When a unit is to be placed on the floor and the structure built therefrom, a screw or bolt is placed in the floorto register with the circular orifices 25 hereinbefore referred to, the heads of these screws or bolts being smaller than the orifices so that they will protrudeupwardly therethrough. The slots 26 are formed of suficient width to receive the shank, or shaft, of the said bolts, and after the box is placed upon the said bolts it is moved laterally to one side (slidin upon the floor) thussecurely fastening the ox to the floor. a

The drawers I use in these boxes thus formed are of the ordinary type with a base, top, side walls and front decorative end, the rear of the box being 0 en and the side walls and top cutaway, as s own inthe drawing.

I On the under surface of the bottom of the designed to register with orifices in adja-. cent units; bolts to pass through orifices in box, and near the inner end thereof, I have formed a hook which, b construction, is in line with the rod 15 so t at as the drawer-is pulled outwardly the hook will engage the rod 15 and may be turned downwardly thereon, the rod supporting the drawer.

I provide a handle 27 on each of the drawers, and the construction is such that when a drawer is the handle of the drawer below. As all of these handles, drawers, boxes and all otherparts of my structure are exactly similar in every respect, it is obviousfthat when a multiplicity of drawers are pulled out of the filing cabinet and hung downwardly from their respective rods they will all be hanging at the same angle, thus providing for proper symmetry and appearance in the cabinet.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A filing cabinet comprising a multiplicity of like units, each with its forward end open to receive a drawer, and each provided in its side walls, top and base, with orifices, designed to register with orifices in adjacent units; bolts to pass through orifices in mating units to secure adjacent units to each other, slots formed in the rear walls of the units In proper positioning with .the orifices in the top thereof and an orificed plate to pass through the said slots the orifices being designed to register with their respectiverorifices in the top of units placed end to end, and bolts to pass through the said registering orifices and join the units end to end, substantially as-shown and described.

2.. A filing cabinet comprising a multiplicity of like units, each with its forward end open to receive a drawer, and each provided in its side walls, top and base, with orifices,

mating units to secure adjacent units. to each other, slots formed in the rear'walls of the units in proper positioning with the orifices in the top thereof and an orificed late to pass through the said. slots the orlfices ulled out .and'rotatedf downwardly from t e rod, the lower surface, orbottom of the drawer will contact.

to register with. orifices in adjacent units;v

bolts to pass through mating orifices to secure the sides of. adjacent units to each other; a rod secured in each unit parallel to the base thereof and positioned in advance of the front of the same; a drawer slidably mounted in said unit, said drawer of binlike construction, formed open at its inner,

end and closed at its sides and top; a hook secured to the bottom of said drawer and spaced from the inner end thereof, said hook adapted to engage said rod when the drawer is drawn outwardly of the unit for providing a pivotal support therefor, a andle carried by each drawer and projecting outwardly from the face thereof and adapted to support the drawer thereabove in its downward swinging movement, said drawer when in its lowermost position, so arranged and supported as to position its inner open end upwardly.

4. A filing cabinet comprising a multiplicity of units, each with an open drawer receiving side, with orifices in the top and side walls to register with orifices in adjacent units; bolts to pass through mating orifices, to secure the sides of adjacent units to each other; a slot in the back of each unit and so positioned as to be in line with the under surface of the top, a plate to pass through the respective slots when two 01' said units are placed back to back, the ends of said plates being orificed to register with the orifices in the tops of mating units, bolts to pass through the orifices in the tops of the mating units and through the respective orifices in the plate to secure mating units end to end, substantially as shown and described.

- loHARLEs MoBEE. 

